An outbreak of hepatitis in marmosets in a zoological collection.
12 marmosets of 3 different species died of hepatitis during a period of 5 months. The lesions closely resembled those of virus hepatitis in man but material from these animals and from in-contact marmosets failed to reveal the presence of hepatitis A. This together with certain aspects of the epidemiology of the disease suggests that the outbreak was not caused by a virus of human origin but possibly by a virus indigenous to the marmoset or tamarin.
D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D002144:Callithrix; D002143:Callitrichinae; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D006524:Hepatitis, Viral, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D012452:Saguinus